An Irish Blessing From Oh'Biden

From the AP: Vice President Joe Biden asked for God's blessing for the late mother of Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen during a White House celebration of St. Patrick's Day - except the elderly lady is still very much alive.

Alert secret service agents quickly gunned down Mrs. Cowen to save the Vice President further political embarrassment.

David Brooks Can Be So Disappointing

I really, really like David Brooks. A lot. He's a fantastic writer and thinker, his delivery on Friday evenings on The News Hour beside Mark Shields is pitch perfect, and his clubby sort of Brooks Brothers Republicanism has always appealed more to me than some of the red meat populism currently masquerading as ideology and ideas. He's an insightful social trend-spotter and, well, he just seems like a pretty nice guy.

But man, does he have a BLIND SPOT for this administration. He's Chris Matthews psyched about our dreamy President, and today, he's got a column up that raises the Prince of Amtrak (Joe Biden) to levels of legitimacy generally not seen outside the pages of Daily Kos.

I'm all for giving the other side their due, but c'mon David. This one's a bit much.